Police warn of escalating bikie tensions

Victorian Police are warning the public to beware of escalating tensions between rival bikie gangs the Hells Angels and the Bandidos.

Earlier this year, a police taskforce was set up to investigate illegal activity linked to the gangs.

Several homes and clubhouses were raided in an attempt to prevent the feud from breaking out into violence.

Police now say an arson attack on a house at Melton in Melbourne's north-west last Saturday night, and an arson attempt on a car in Melton on Wednesday, are a sign hostilities between the gangs have been renewed.

Fire also damaged the headquarters of the Satan's Soldiers clubhouse, which is a feeder club linked to the Hells Angels.